Quotes about Pregnancy
The older women, the married ones and the widows, wear black clothes and no makeup, as I used to do. When I was in the later months of pregnancy, they would smile at me, as if I was almost one of them. Now they smile at Sarah first.
— Margaret Atwood
Every woman while she would be ready to die of shame if surprised in the act of generation, nonetheless carries her pregnancy without a trace of shame and indeed with a kind of pride. The reason is that pregnancy is in a certain sense a cancellation of the guilt incurred by coitus; thus coitus bears all the shame and disgrace of the affair, while pregnancy, which is so intimately associated with it, stays pure and innocent and is indeed to some extent sacred.
— Arthur Schopenhauer
I had a lovely pregnancy. It was a beautiful, magical time for us.
— Jennifer Lopez
when she was pregnant, so Nan was born in a workhouse. She never talked about it, but it seemed to have left her as someone nothing could faze,
— Elton John
Abortion is not health care. A woman has a right to her body, but that is not her body. What about the baby?
— Alveda King
When we look to the unborn child, the real issue is not when life begins, but when love begins.
— George W. Bush
We're told about a woman's right to control her own body. But doesn't the unborn child have a higher right, and that is to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness?
— Ronald Reagan
Except for some queasiness in the morning or tiredness in the afternoon, Mary may not have noticed any real signs of her pregnancy yet. Elizabeth's words to Mary, then, were a confirmation of God's promise and more powerful than any blood test.
— Liz Curtis Higgs
In their estimation Gillian was young and stupid and would get herself pregnant in record timeāall the prerequisites for a miserable and ordinary life.
— Alice Hoffman
Hormonal changes permanently alter the breast's structure. And when a pregnancy is terminated through abortion, the process is interrupted, which leaves cells in a sate of transition. And they say cells in this state have a very high risk of becoming cancerous. So the woman's chances of developing breast cancer later in life my be greatly increased.
— Francine Rivers
We use celebrity "news" to perpetuate this dehumanizing view of females, focused solely on one's physical appearance, which tabloids turn into a sporting event of speculation. Is she pregnant? Is she eating too much? Has she let herself go? Is her marriage on the rocks because the camera detects some physical "imperfection"?
— Jennifer Aniston
I will say no matter how many times you go through pregnancy and then phase into newborn life, it never becomes routine or normal.
— Ayesha Curry